Took a 21 day Panama Canal cruise from Vancouver to Fort Lauderdale. The ship is nicely decorated with some lovely flower arrangements & art & it is in relatively good working condition. Our cabin was well cared for but we found the pillows & linens to be in poor condition. Pillows had stains & no support. Stains on the duvet as well.Our bathroom shower curtain had black mold on it. It was ...
It was a large family getaway. 12 adults and 7 kids and pretty much a complete disappointment. The ship's refit was incomplete. Nice bathrooms but old bedroom furnishings. The type of food offering was decent but the preparation was lacking, so don't expect 5 star; maybe 2 star at best. As for the "shows", they managed to coerce the crew to perform on stage. They may be good their jobs, but ...
This was my third Holland America cruise though it has been a number of years since I last sailed HA. I am an experienced cruiser having sailed with several other lines and ships over the past 30 years. I chose this cruise for a quick getaway with my mother. We had adjoining inside staterooms on deck 6. Rooms were fine, ship was clean and service from all staff I encountered was very good.
The ...
I can only extend my personal thoughts about each cruise I take. I have been on 26 cruises, 5 to Alaska and 4 on Holland.
Overall, the passengers averaged about 75 yrs old with a third Australian, a third Canadian and the rest Asians and Americans. There were only 4 kids on the ship.
FOOD The food was good, always hot and portions have been scaled back compared to previous cruises. The ...
We recently took a cruise from Vancouver up the inside passage and to Alaska with Holland America on the Nieuw Amsterdam. We had heard from several people that this was one of the best ship to do this cruise with as they cruise deep into glacier bay. The embarkation process in Vancouver took almost 2 hours but as this is mostly because of the USA security screening I cannot blame Holland America ...
We had enjoyed a one week eastern Caribbean cruise with Holland America a couple of years ago and decided to treat ourselves to a back to back eastern and western cruise this year . The first week in the Western Caribbean was very good and I particularly enjoyed the stop in Key West. One of the elements that we enjoyed the first week was the open dining when we could arrive at the dining room any ...
Having cruised with Holland America four time before, we thought this would be a great winter getaway. Embarkation was no problem,although departure was delayed 5 hrs. due to the tragic events at the Ft.Lauderdale airport. Having been on the sister-ship, Eurodam last year, we were familiar with the ship. The ship was elegant and very clean. I was traveling with my wife, Father, brother, son, & ...
I have sailed HAL many times before but switched to Celebrity wanted to come back to HAL liked the ports of this cruise. We were delayed till 11:30 on departure due to airport shootings and applauded the Captain for waiting as it didn't affect our first stop. First night dinner in the dining room was pathetic, service was ok food quality was poor at best, a lot of people complained next day.as the ...
IN MY OPINION DO NOT CRUISE THIS LINE! THERE ARE BETTER CRUISE LINES THAT MAKE SURE THEIR PASSENGERS SAFETY, EXPERIENCE AND RESULTS MORE OF A PRIORITY.
We chose this Cruise for the time and areas it went to. We have been on other Cruises but this was our First Time with Holland America.
Bed Linens in cabin had stains on them, food was ok at buffet but they ran out of simple items like bread ...
we chose this cruise to go to Turks & Caicos
90 minutes waiting to check in with no information from HA.
30 minutes at the muster station waiting as they repeatedly announced 6 room numbers as we all stood there.
Food and service was very good.
First port T&C missed, to windy to dock. Bummer no snorkeling for us the reason we booked.
San Juan and St Maarten as usual
Halfmoon ...